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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||
| Born | 1937 [1] Scotland | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle, backstroke | |||||||||||
| Club | Stonehaven ASC Stoke Newington | |||||||||||
Medal record
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James G. Leiper (born 1937) is a Scottish former swimmer who won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games.
In 1957 Leiper lived at 55 Fetteresso Terrace in Stonehaven and he was a member of the Stonehaven Amateur Swimming Club. He was the first member of the club to win a Northern District Championship. [2]
He studied at the University of Aberdeen and after the Games worked as an engineering consultant in London. [1]
He was selected for the 1958 Scottish team [3] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 110y freestyle and 4×220y freestyle relay [4] and won a silver medal. [5]
In 1960 he was swimming for Stoke Newington. [6]
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